[pure-silver] Re: Why does B&W Film Scan so poorly

It does indeed,
It has to do with the fact that BW film is a collection of 
"grains" of silver instead of dyes (like c41 film)

IIRC luminous landscape had a good tutorial on how to scan BW
film.


--- "Justin F. Knotzke" <jknotzke@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 
>     Hi,
> 
>     I love B&W. Really, I do. But I am shooting with it less
> and less 
> because it scans horribly. It never looks nearly as good as
> when I scan 
> colour and then desaturate.
> 
>     Why is that? Any websites with tips on how to improve
> this? I did 
> some searching and only came up with a few replies. At worst,
> maybe 
> someone would be as so kind as to explain to me what B&W scans
> worse 
> then colour.
> 
>     Thanks
> 
>     J
> 
> 
> -- 
> Justin F. Knotzke
> jknotzke@xxxxxxxxxx
> http://www.shampoo.ca
>
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